John Wesley STAFFORD, Jr.

1832 - 1907  (75 years)

• Name	John Wesley STAFFORD
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	27 Oct 1832	Logan Co., Virginia (Now Gilbert Co., West Virginia)   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	John W. STAFFORD
  _UID	E8E1098EE61D4E44BB29E19F4DE23F9A6124
  Died	19 Nov 1907	Gilbert, Stafford Dist., Mingo Co., West Virginia   [1]
  Buried	Stafford Cem., Gilbert, Mingo Co., West Virginia
  Person ID	I37332	Branch 167 Sampson Stafford b. 1824 TN
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	John Wesley STAFFORD,   b. 10 Feb 1810, Tazewell Co., Virginia ,   d. 12 Mar 1862, Gilbert, Stafford Dist., Mingo Co., West Virginia  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Levisa SPRATT,   b. 6 Dec 1811, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio ,   d. 25 Aug 1886, Gilbert, Stafford Dist., Mingo Co., West Virginia  (Age 74 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1830	Pike Co., Kentucky
  Notes	Consent was given by their fathers, John Stafford, Sr., and Isaac Spratt, with Hammon Williamson officiating. Married: KY Marriage Bond # 283) Pike Co KY Marriage Bond File # 283 License issued July 10, 1830 by James Honaker, CpCC, for marriage of John Stafford, Jr. and Levisa Spratt. Clerk certified that "necessary Certificate is hereby given from Isaac Spratt, father of said Levisa and the Oral consent of John Stafford, father of said John is hereby given." Bond signed by John Stafford (by mark) and by Hiram M. Williamson. Letter of consent for John Stafford, Jnr. to marry "my daughter Levisa Spratt", dated July 8, 1830 and signed by Isaac Spratt; attested by John Stafford, Segr. (by mark) and by Thomas P. Low; sworn to by John Stafford, Ser., July 10, 1830. Married July 12, 1830 by Hammon Williamson.
  Family ID	F8462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Wesley (Uncle Wes) had a hermitage cabin at the head of Stafford Branch, and he also had a log cabin on the bank of the Guyandotte River, built by him and his brother Floyd Shannon (who was called Doctor Stafford). They established the first drug store in that part of the country, but it didn't pay on account of the small population and poor roads, so it was turned into a general merchandise store. John Wesley was considered "a man of great learning" in his time. He was a farmer, and a teacher and superintendent of Logan County schools. Wes didn't marry. He lived and died in Gilbert, WV. During the civil war, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army in July 1861 as a Sergeant in Co. B, 36th Virginia Infantry, at the age of 29. The Company was re-designated Co. D - The Logan County Wildcats. He was promoted to Lieutenant on April 1864, and was transferred to a newly formed Company K. Lt. John Stafford was captured at Winchester, Virginia on Sept 19, 1864. POW at Ft. Delaware prison, and was released on June 17, 1865. He was 5' 6" tall, dark hair. Thanks to Steve Teeft, civil war historian. John Wesley Stafford is in Vol. II of the book Virginia and Virginians, on page 841. Born: The 1880 Census has him born in KY.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4522] E-Mail Message, Dated 3 Jul 1994Curt [email protected].